OS/400 install date - IBM AS400

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tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 ...

OS/400 install date

Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
fullfill their request. Thanks!

Re: OS/400 install date

You should be able to use the install log on the LICPGM menu. I assume
you installed the the PTF package. The install log information will be
for this PTF package, but this should satisfy the auditors.

okieadmin skrev:
> Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
> tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
> auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
> Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
> I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
> fullfill their request. Thanks!

Re: OS/400 install date

You could use the WRKLICINF command and display details. This would
show when you entered the License Keys. That would verify within 70
days of install of the OS. Also, if your syslog file has not been
closed or overwritten you could use option 50 from the GO LICPGM
command and display the inzsys message.
I'm not sure why Auditors would need that information either, unless
they want to justify paying IBM for the Software Maintanence Agreement.
--LEM50
okieadmin wrote:
> Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
> tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
> auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
> Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
> I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
> fullfill their request. Thanks!

Re: OS/400 install date

Scrive okieadmin 40815904:
> Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
> tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
> auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
> Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
> I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
> fullfill their request. Thanks!
>
You should look at the restore date of the object QSYS/QSZ0050 of type
*PRDDFN, thats the object that define the product 5722SS1/5050 that's
the operating system itself.

Re: OS/400 install date

NSM -

That could work if any does not deletes those QHST log files on a
regular 'house keeping' of the system. I have install PTFs back in
2003, and I tried the display install log, nada..not there because the
history files are gone as well. I keep about 15 days of QHST log files,
not 3 years..that would consume alot of system DASD resorces.

Is there any other way to show the last update/install of OS?

Gil

nsm wrote:
> You should be able to use the install log on the LICPGM menu. I assume
> you installed the the PTF package. The install log information will be
> for this PTF package, but this should satisfy the auditors.
>
> okieadmin skrev:
>
>>Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
>>tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
>>auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
>>Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
>>I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
>>fullfill their request. Thanks!
>
>

Re: OS/400 install date

WRKLICINF is great...if you do a prompt on it..you can have a hard copy
of it too! This is better.

Thanks

Gil

LEM50 wrote:
> You could use the WRKLICINF command and display details. This would
> show when you entered the License Keys. That would verify within 70
> days of install of the OS. Also, if your syslog file has not been
> closed or overwritten you could use option 50 from the GO LICPGM
> command and display the inzsys message.
> I'm not sure why Auditors would need that information either, unless
> they want to justify paying IBM for the Software Maintanence Agreement.
> --LEM50
> okieadmin wrote:
>
>>Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
>>tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
>>auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
>>Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
>>I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
>>fullfill their request. Thanks!
>
>

Re: OS/400 install date

I shot myself in the foot on this. I did a prompt and printed the
output, but it does not show the 'update' dates. You may have to resort
to 'print screen' function on each of the LICPGM you have.

Gil

Gilbert Noetzel wrote:
> WRKLICINF is great...if you do a prompt on it..you can have a hard copy
> of it too! This is better.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gil
>
> LEM50 wrote:
>
>> You could use the WRKLICINF command and display details. This would
>> show when you entered the License Keys. That would verify within 70
>> days of install of the OS. Also, if your syslog file has not been
>> closed or overwritten you could use option 50 from the GO LICPGM
>> command and display the inzsys message.
>> I'm not sure why Auditors would need that information either, unless
>> they want to justify paying IBM for the Software Maintanence Agreement.
>> --LEM50
>> okieadmin wrote:
>>
>>> Does anybody know how to determine or what object to look at that will
>>> tell me what date OS/400 (i5/OS) was last installed or upgraded? My
>>> auditors are here and they want me to verify that I upgraded to V5R4 on
>>> Christmas like I say I did. In all my years of AS/400 and IT auditing,
>>> I've never been asked such a question, but I thought I would try to
>>> fullfill their request. Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

Re: OS/400 install date

Scrive Gilbert Noetzel 40648952:
> I shot myself in the foot on this. I did a prompt and printed the
> output, but it does not show the 'update' dates. You may have to resort
> to 'print screen' function on each of the LICPGM you have.
Or maybe
WRKLICINF OUTPUT(*PRINT)
WRKLICINF PRDID(5722SS1) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
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Re: OS/400 install date

Dr.

I tried what you did, but the *print options only listed as what is
shown below:

...no update/install dates listed. Sorry..but WRKLICINF and type 5 next
to it and do PRINT SCREEN button on each one of them to satisfy your
auditors.

Gil

Dr.UgoGagliardelli wrote:
> Scrive Gilbert Noetzel 40648952:
>
>> I shot myself in the foot on this. I did a prompt and printed the
>> output, but it does not show the 'update' dates. You may have to
>> resort to 'print screen' function on each of the LICPGM you have.
>
> Or maybe
> WRKLICINF OUTPUT(*PRINT)
> WRKLICINF PRDID(5722SS1) OUTPUT(*PRINT)

Re: OS/400 install date

Scrive Gilbert Noetzel 40648952:
> Dr.
>
> I tried what you did, but the *print options only listed as what is
> shown below:
> ..no update/install dates listed. Sorry..but WRKLICINF and type 5 next
> to it and do PRINT SCREEN button on each one of them to satisfy your
> auditors.
You're right, wrklicinf + option 6 and wrklicinf *print do not print the
same info, I realized just now, by the way option 6 will print without
using multiple print-screen.

Re: OS/400 install date

Dr. Yes..that works..option 6 to PRINT DETAILS will work. Unfortunately
if you have 20 lic pgms you will have 20 printouts of them. That is no
biggie..it is good.

Hope this helps for everyone! Have a great New Year!

Gil

Dr.UgoGagliardelli wrote:
> Scrive Gilbert Noetzel 40648952:
>
>> Dr.
>>
>> I tried what you did, but the *print options only listed as what is
>> shown below:
>
>
>> ..no update/install dates listed. Sorry..but WRKLICINF and type 5
>> next to it and do PRINT SCREEN button on each one of them to satisfy
>> your auditors.
>
> You're right, wrklicinf + option 6 and wrklicinf *print do not print the
> same info, I realized just now, by the way option 6 will print without
> using multiple print-screen.
>